330 C R A S 
Craffula cordata, or heart-leaved crafiula: leaves petio- 
led, cordate ; flowers folitary. Ropt annual; ftems her¬ 
baceous, weak, gradually more (lender, leafy at the bot¬ 
tom, branched at the top, flefhy, round, flefli-coloured, 
almoft: upright, a palm in height. Introduced at Kew 
in 1774, by Maffori. It flowers from May to Auguft; 
at the Cape, in November and December. 
36. Craflula montana, or mountain craffula : leaves 
connate, ovate, acute, ciliate ; Item almoft naked ; flowers 
headed-aggregate. Root-leaves concave, very frequent, 
patulous, fmooth, green tinged with purple ; flem-leaves 
about three pairs, fimilar, but fmaller, and remote ; fem 
filiform, upright, a finger’s length, purple. 
37. Crafiula mollis, or fig-marigold-leaved crafiula: 
leaves connate, cylindric-triquetrous, fmooth, foft, re¬ 
mote ; ftem ereft, Ample ; corymb trichotomous, fuper- 
decompound. Root perennial; ftem frutefcent, angular, 
rufefcent, very finely tomentofe, jointed, almoft the 
thicknefs of a quill, a foot high. It flowers here in 
Auguft ; at the Cape in January. 
38. Craffula crenulata, or notch-leaved craffula; leaves 
connate, lanceolate, dotted, and crenulate remote; co¬ 
rymb decompound. Stem herbaceous, upright, cylin- 
dric, leafy, fmooth, green, variegated with white lines, 
a foot high. 
39. Craffula alpeftris, or large mountain craffula : 
leaves connate, ovate, acute, entire, imbricate in four 
rows j heads peduncled. Stem round, fmooth, upright, 
branched at the bottom, before flowering time wholly 
covered with leaves, a palm high, purple. It refembles 
craffula montana, but the leaves are more acuminate and 
not ciliate; the ftem thicker and covered with leaves; 
the heads and flowers larger. 
40. Craffula pyramidalis, or pyramidal craffula : leaves 
connate, ovate, obtufe, entire, imbricate in four rows; 
heads feflile. Root perennial; ftem flexuofe-ereft, branch¬ 
ed, the whole covered with leaves, a palm high. It re¬ 
fembles craffula mufeofa, but as a thicker ftem, and the 
flowers in heads. 
41. Craffula fpicata, or fpiked craffula: leaves connate, 
linear-fubulate; fcape almoft naked ; flowers in whorls. 
Stem round, herbaceous, ere ft, fmooth, a fpan high. 
42. Craffula turrita, or turr.eted craffula : leaves con¬ 
nate, imbricate in four rows, ovate-oblong, acute, 
ciliate. Root annual; ftem herbaceous, weak, ereft, 
round, jointed, covered with leaves, fmooth, a palm high. 
43. Craffula rupeftris, or rock craffula: leaves con¬ 
nate, ovate, entire, fmooth ; ftem covered ; corymb fu- 
perdecompound. Root perennial, branched ; ftem round, 
branched, a palm and more in height; leaves green with 
a rufefcent margin. 
44. Craffula thyrfiflora, or thyrfe-fiowered craffula: 
leaves perfoliate, ovate, ciliate, patulous ; corymb com¬ 
pound, fpiked. Stem round, herbaceous, upright, a fpan 
high, fmooth, flowers white, in a thyrfe gradually at¬ 
tenuated, decompound, a palm in length. 
45. Crafiula capitella, or fquare-fpiked craffula: leaves 
oblong, connate, cartilaginous-ciliate, patulous; flowers 
in headed whorls. Stem round, fmooth, ereft, • fpan 
high, the thicknefs of a quill, fometimes branched at 
the top. Introduced in 1774, by Malfon ; flowers in 
July and Auguft, and is biennial. At the Cape it flowers 
in December and January. 
46. Craffula pubefeens, or downy craffula : leaves con¬ 
nate, ovate-fubulate, villofe; ftem branching; flowers 
corymbed. Root perennial; ftem filiform, frutefcent, 
branched, ereft, red, fmooth, a fpan high. 
47. Craffula cephalophora, or headlefs craffula: leaves 
connate, linear oblong, obtufe, entire ; heads lateral, pe¬ 
duncled. Stem round, ereft, fubtomentofe, a fpan high. 
Heads of flowers oppofite, the fize of a pea. 
48. Crafiula tomentofa, or woolly craffula : leaves 
connate, lanceolate, villofe, ciliate ; ftem almoft naked ; 
flowers in whorls. Stem angular, ereft, villofe,a foot high. 
49. Craffula cotyledonis, or White-flowered crafiula; 
S U L A. 
leaves connate, oblong, tomentofe, ciliate; ftem almoft 
naked; flowers corymbed, aggregate. Stem herbaceous, 
llightly four-cornered, leaflefs, tomentofe, the thicknefs 
of a quill, a foot high; flowers white, pedicelled; pe. 
duncles trichotomous. 
50. Craffula tefta, or covered craffula: leaves con¬ 
nate, ovate, obtufe, afli-.coloured, lamellofe; fcape naked; 
flowers feflile. Stem fcarcely any ; leaves covered with 
an aflt-coloured meal refembling the feales of a butter¬ 
fly’s wing, 
51. Craffula perforata, or pierced craffula : leaves con- 
nate-perfoliate, ovate, ciliate, remote ; ftem ereft, thyrfe- 
bearing. Stem round, jointed, gradually attenuated, 
leafy, fmooth, a foot high ; flowers in an interrupted 
compound thyrfe, chiefly direfted one way, and bent in. 
This, and all the foregoing fpecies from twenty-nine in- 
clulive, are natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and were 
obferved there by Thunberg. 
IV. Species from Hortus Kewenfis. 52. Craffula ex- 
panfa, or awl-leaved crafiula : leaves femicylindric-fubu- 
late, channelled above, fpreading; peduncles axillary, 
folitary, one-flowered ; ftems dichotomous. Annual; 
flowering in June and July. 
53. Craffula lineolata, or channelled craffula: ftem 
herbaceous; leaves cordate, feflile; peduncles almoft: 
terminating, axillary, approximating, umbel-fhaped. Bi¬ 
ennial ; flowering from June to Auguft. This and the 
foregoing fort were found by Maffon at the Cape of Good 
Hope, and were introduced in 1774. 
54. Crafiula pulchella, or reflex-leaved craffula : ftem 
herbaceous, dichotomous; leaves ovate-oblong, flefhy, 
reflex ; flowers in the forks peduncled ; peduncles tur¬ 
binate. This is allied to craffula glomerata, No. 16. 
and ftiould come next in order to that. It differs in 
having (horter reflex leaves ; peduncles turbinate, Teem¬ 
ing to be an inferior germ ; calyxes obtufe ; corollas ra¬ 
ther longer than the calyx. Annual; flowering in July. 
Found at the Cape by Maffon, and introduced in 1788. 
55. Crafiula imbricata, or imbricate craffula: leaves 
ovate, acute,imbricate in four rows, gloffy ; flowers ax¬ 
illary, feflile. Shrubby; flowering in June. Introduced 
about 1760, by Mr. Clark. 
56. Craffula obliqua, or oblique-leaved craffula: leaves 
oppofite, ovate, oblique, quite entire, acute, diftinft, 
fomewhat cartilaginous at the edge. Stem near three 
feet high, ereft, dividing into many branches; leaves of 
a lively green, half-ftem-Clafping; (hrubby ; flowering 
in April and May. Cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1759. 
57. Craffula alooides, or fpike-flowered craffula: leaves 
ovate, diftinft, acute, ciliate; ftem Ample, fomewhat 
hairy; raceme compound ; branches panicle-fhaped. Bi¬ 
ennial ; ftem fcarcely a fpan in height; leaves flefhy, 
fmooth, with minute red imprefl'ed dots fcattered over 
them, and an inch in length. It flowers from June to 
Auguft ; was brought from the Cape by Maffon ; and 
was introduced in 1774. 
58. Craffula fparfa, or alternate-leaved craffula: leaves 
alternate, (ubfpatulate, acute, quite entire ; raceme com¬ 
pound. Biennial; flowering in July. 
59. Craffula diffufa, or diffufe crafiula : leaves oblong, 
attenuated at the bafe, remotely crenate ; peduncles 
oppofite to the leaves and axillary, folitary. Annual; 
flowering in July. 
60. Craffula fpathulata, or crenated craffula: leaves 
petioled, cordate-roundifti, acutifh, crenate ; corymbs 
panicle-fhaped. 61. Crafiula marginalis, or margined 
craffula: ftem (hrubby, leaves cordate, perfoliate, acu¬ 
minate, plane, fpreading, dotted within the margin. 
Shrubby ; flowering in July and Auguft. 
62. Craffula laftea, or fnowy crafiula: ftem (hrubby ; 
leaves ovate, attenuated at the bafe, connate, quite en¬ 
tire, dotted within the margin; cymes panicled-fhaped. 
Shrubby; flowering in September and Oftober. All 
thefe were found at the Cape by Maffon ; and were in¬ 
troduced in the year 1774. 
63. Craffula 
